Harry from AICN is reporting that Aussie actor John Noble will play Denethor, Dunedain lord of Gondor, and father to Boromir and Faramir.

The name John Noble appeared on my radar screens almost a year ago, a nameless emailer sent me a very cryptic letter along the lines of 'John Noble will be in LOTR', after all my digging I came up with naught, so I never posted it. And considering that I get emails everyday with '(insert your favorite actor here) will be in LOTR', so I forgot about it :)

Click here for a TON of info regarding John Noble (Denethor), with a promise of pics coming soon! [More]

Police moonlight on Lord of the Rings set: Fifteen Nelson police have breached police guidelines by moonlighting as drivers on the Lord of the Rings movie set without their district commander's permission.

It is the most challenging Brain Bender Contest we've ever had-- and the grand prize is a beautiful 'Lord of The Rings' British Millennium Edition (with a CD of Professor Tolkien reading poems and songs). I must admit that I delight in the complaints that the questions are too hard. What did you expect; the Regis Philbin school of watered-down Tolkien trivia? No, my little goslings, this is going to take some effort!

Please note the deadline for entries is quickly approaching: Thursday night, 7 September 2000. Join the fun by clicking here.

The 'Total Film' article below simplified the story a little - well, it is confusing. One of the guys who stole the videos has been convicted and sentenced to 12 months supervision and counselling. According to NZ's film industry magazine Onfilm, one of the others (the 35-year-old company director) also accused of stealing scripts, swords, and VHS tapes has denied it. Furthermore, he's elected for trial by jury. According to Onfilm, Peter Jackson wrote to the judge asking that the name suppression be lifted. However Judge Nicola Mathers said that publishing his identity could lead to publicity out of proportion to the offence. Well, he'd be all over the Net, so that's certainly true.The accused is currently overseas.There was a third person involved in this; he was accused of money laundering. I have no updates on him.

After a little research we found New Line Cinema has been busy registering domain names. Check out the list. (special note: this list of domains directs to the original LOTR movie site! The one that fans unanimously prefer over the new one. Cool!) [more]

The "Deluxe" slipcased limited edition of the Lord of the Rings was quietly released in England on the 21st of August. Bound in leather/board & printed on INDIA PAPER. It is already selling for $350.00 US stateside. Only 1000 printed. This is the smallest limited edition of the Lord of the Rings ever.

Did I mention I'll be 33 in November? A special year for hobbits you know! ;)

Ringer fan Ares sent us some touched up versions of those spiky wheel set images. These are a lot brighter and you can see a lot more detail. Check it out in Spy Reports and our Internet Scrapbook. Thanks Ares!!! [more]